Endurance

Weaving a new narrative for survival

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Moment of Truth

As Center for World Indigenous Studies chair Rudolph C. Ryser states in his op-ed at IC Magazine,

I have been working with indigenous leaders for decades and
arguing that indigenous nations must take the initiative to take back
that which is and always has been theirs: land, resources and freedom to
move... Asking for rights from
those who have no interest in recognizing those rights is a defeated
policy. Taking back your land and resources they stole, as Chief George
Manuel urged, is the only alternative to self-destruction.

He goes on to say,

During the last four years, many UN member states have switched
from liberal democracy to reactionary fascism as global economic
collapse stirs deep fears among the working class and billionaires who
willingly give autocrats and dictators license to rule... Fourth World nations have three alternatives: become chameleon nation’s
to hide from attacks; join the scapegoating; or form coalitions with
other nations and with states to establish defenses and take control of
lands and their wealth.

Sounding a note of dire warning, Dr. Ryser observes,

Virtually all of the work by indigenous leaders in the United
States to build constructive relationships with states and central
governments and the United Nations are now utterly at risk of collapse
and reversal. Trumplicans will likely become the ultimate “Anti-Indian
Movement” in the United States since leaders of that movement now hold
seats in Congress, the Senate, the Supreme Court and the Executive
Branch as well as thirty of the fifty states.

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Equality and Justice

When it comes to the DNC and RNC, neither serves the American poor. As competing criminal enterprises, they pay lip service to the middle class, but their agenda always serves the 1%.

Since the Reagan era, looting the U.S. Treasury has been the primary objective of both national parties. Resentment by neglected Americans is reflected in reactionary presidential campaigns every eight years, but throwing one party out never achieves justice.

What the DNC and RNC share is a disdain for all but the 1%, and a sinister disregard for civil and human rights. The only area where they significantly part ways is that the RNC represents racial, religious and sex discrimination, while the DNC more-or-less screws us all equally.

Monday, November 21, 2016

Time to Learn

Liberal politicians and political pressure groups have expressed outrage over Trump's transition government-in-waiting. Socialists who supported the Sanders campaign are talking resistance and civil disobedience. Whatever you choose to do, take time to learn, and think about it.

Monday, November 14, 2016

Transition Forecast

The Last Emperor

As the sun sets on the American Empire, it won't matter so much which fool plays the role of the last emperor, the war-mongering career crook Hillary Clinton, or the pussy-grabbing frat boy Donald Trump.
--Poet Garcia Madero

Sunday, November 06, 2016

The Empire Struck Back

Winning the World War in 1945 made America top dog, positioning the US to assume the imperial role previously held by Great Britain. As the US soon learned, however, ruling the world is no cakewalk. Some countries like to rule themselves, and find the notion of foreign armies setting up military bases in their homeland repulsive.

Still, social democracy was popular in the aftermath of the World War, and the US went to great pains to quash it. In countries like Greece, Iran and Chile, the US CIA had to work with some nefarious characters to derail social democracy. Many innocent people died, but the American empire was preserved.

With social democracy dead except in Scandinavia, the door was open for fascists and religious fanatics to recruit the disillusioned and downtrodden. Which brings us to the present. For six months, Bernie Sanders breathed life into the gasping philosophy that saved Americans from the Great Depression, but alas, the empire struck back.

Friday, November 04, 2016

Obama's Legacy

Fracking Bakken and the Gulf of Mexico are Obama's legacy.
That, and death squads to protect US-supported sweatshop states like
Indonesia and Honduras. Lucky for him he got his Nobel Peace Prize in
advance.